Zapline

(Formerly OpenIPTV; the code, bundle ID and repository keep that name.)

One fast app for your Emby library and your live TV, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV (native SwiftUI, Liquid Glass), plus a self-hosted web version. See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.

Zapline is a player only. It ships no channels, playlists or media: you bring your own Emby server and an IPTV subscription you're entitled to use.

What it connects to

Sign in inside the app, like TiviMate or Emby's own apps:

• Emby: server address with username and password, or an Emby Connect account (then pick a server shared with you).
• IPTV, any common format, several at once:
  • Xtream Codes: server, username, password (or paste a get.php link)
  • M3U playlist URL, with an optional XMLTV guide URL (playlist links that are really Xtream logins are upgraded automatically)
  • Stalker / Ministra portal: portal URL and MAC address

Privacy

• Logins are stored only on the device, encrypted in the Keychain as "this device only": not synced to iCloud, not in backups.
• For Emby only the session token is kept, never the password.
• Nothing goes anywhere except to your own Emby server and IPTV providers. Zapline has no servers, no analytics, and logs nothing; error messages never include URLs (IPTV URLs contain logins); the player's logging is off.
• Settings → Forget everything on this device wipes it all.

iPhone, iPad and Apple TV

apple/ (SwiftUI, iOS/tvOS 26). Live TV plays through libmpv (MPVKit's LGPL build), which handles the MPEG-TS streams AVPlayer can't.

• Simulator: open apple/OpenIPTV.xcodeproj in Xcode 26 and Run. The first build fetches MPVKit (apple/scripts/fetch-mpvkit.sh, checksum verified). After editing apple/project.yml, run xcodegen in apple/.
• Your devices: add your Apple ID in Xcode → Settings → Apple Accounts, pick your team under Signing & Capabilities, and Run on your iPhone or Apple TV. A free Apple ID works; installs then last 7 days.
• TestFlight (paid developer account): create the app in App Store Connect (platforms iOS + tvOS, bundle ID com.jorda0mega.openiptv or your own in apple/project.yml), then apple/scripts/testflight.sh <TEAM_ID>.

Web version (self-hosted)

The browser can't reach most IPTV servers directly (plain HTTP, no CORS), so the web app runs behind a small relay, openiptv-edge, that you host. Give it your logins through environment variables (from wherever you keep them; nothing is written to disk):

cargo build --release -p openiptv-edge && (cd web && npm ci && npm run build)
OPENIPTV_EMBY_URL=… OPENIPTV_EMBY_USER=… OPENIPTV_EMBY_PASS=… \
OPENIPTV_XTREAM_URL=… OPENIPTV_XTREAM_USER=… OPENIPTV_XTREAM_PASS=… \
  target/release/openiptv-edge            # http://127.0.0.1:8787

OPENIPTV_EMBY_CONNECT_USER/_PASS sign in with Emby Connect instead, and OPENIPTV_EDGE_ADDR=0.0.0.0:8787 opens it to your network (other devices must open a one-time link it prints). An optional 1Password launcher lives in contrib/1password.

Developer tools

apple/Tools/smoke/run.sh          # the apps' provider code against real or mock services
scripts/probe.sh                  # latency, guide accuracy and artwork coverage of your servers
python3 scripts/mock_server.py 8765   # fake Emby + Xtream + M3U + Stalker for development
cargo test

The smoke test and probe read logins from environment variables and print only counts, names, timings and hostnames.

License

MIT